[JacobJans]

Ironically, I regularly get a warning on my Macbook Pro that I am running out of disk space, even when I have over half left.

The kicker? They try really hard to sell me on paying for iCloud.

Scammy?

Absolutely.

Someone who is NOT computer literate will likely pay for iCloud storage based on false information.

[matthewmacleod]

Do you, though? That sounds like a bug. I have also seen that warning, but only when I have about 10% free space.

[JacobJans]

Do I what? I have a 512gb disk. It has over 300gb free.

[matthewmacleod]

Yeah, this is definitely not a normal thing then. It's certainly not a standard Apple feature to start warning people that they're running out of disk space when there's so much free.

[1123581321]

Your problem is so unusual that I don’t see how it can be deliberate on Apple’s part.

[sarreph]

I personally don’t think that those two things are causally related.

And that’s not with the ‘benefit of the doubt’, either. If you’ve run out of disk/swap space, then it doesn’t matter how much iCloud storage you have, your Mac will still be slow.